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Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Featured Headlines
CalChamber Companies in the News
Toyota Launches Mobility Solutions Brand Kinto in Latin America
GlobalFleet, July 7, 2020
Stop TB Partnership and Johnson & Johnson, with support from USAID and The Global Fund, Announce Price Reduction for SIRTURO® (bedaquiline) for Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Johnson & Johnson, July 6, 2020
Toyota to Achieve its Five-Year U.S. Investment Commitment One Year Early
Toyota Newsroom, June 30, 2020
Trade Policy
From the White House
June Jobs Numbers Shatter Expectations
July 2, 2020
From the U.S. Trade Representative
Implementation of the USMCA Tariff Rate Quota for Imports of Sugar Containing Products of Canada
Federal Register, July 1, 2020
Additional Tariff-Rate Quota Volume for Refined Sugar From Canada Under the USMCA
Federal Register, July 1, 2020
U.S. Names Panelists for USMCA Labor Enforcement
July 1, 2020
From the U.S. Department of State
U.S.-India Foreign Office Consultations
July 7, 2020
UPDATE: The United States Continues to Lead the Global Response to COVID-19
July 2, 2020
Issuance of Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory
July 1, 2020
From the Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
From the Bureau of Economic Analysis
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2020
July 2, 2020
From the World Trade Organization
Why Indonesia, ASEAN Need to Support Seade as WTO Chief
The Jakarta Post, July 7, 2020
Trade Policy Review: Japan
July 6, 2020
Members Discuss Challenges and Opportunities of Online Services Trade Amid COVID-19 Crisis
July 1, 2020
Heads of WTO and Development Banks Voice Support for Trade Finance Amid COVID-19 Crisis
July 1, 2020
Trade Agreements
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USMCA
Statement from the Press Secretary on the Visit of His Excellency Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, President of the United Mexican States
White House, July 6, 2020
Trudeau Skipping Trump Summit
with Mexican President
Reuters, July 6, 2020
USMCA Needs the WTO Even More than NAFTA Did
The Hill, July 5, 2020
USMCA Enters Into Force
GOP House Ways and Means Committee, July 2, 2020
Canadian, Mexican and US Freight Rail
Associations Commemorate USMCA Implementation
American Journal of Transportation, July 2, 2020
New Trade Agreement is a Victory
for American Workers and the Economy
The Hill, July 2, 2020
USMCA Takes Effect but North
American Trade Tensions Remain
The Wall Street Journal, July 1, 2020
Trump’s North American Trade Deal
Starts Now. Here’s What to Expect.
Politico, July 1, 2020
Entry into Force of the United
States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
U.S. Department of State, July 1, 2020
Canadian Ambassador: New Trade
Pact Will Help in Fight Against Covid
Politico Video, June 30, 2020
Mexican Ambassador: Mexico’s Ready
to Meet North America Challenges
Politico Video, June 30, 2020
New North American Trade Deal Launches
Under Cloud of Disputes, Coronavirus
Reuters, June 30, 2020
The International Trade Administration’s
Joe Semsar Highlights USMCA Entry
Into Force at Wilson Center USMCA Panel
International Trade Administration, June 30, 2020
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Call For EU/Brazil To Delay Trade Deal Pending Amazon Crisis Response
Eurasia Review, July 7, 2020
U.K.’s Global Trade Deals Still Pose a Huge Pre-Brexit Challenge
Bloomberg, July 6,2020
Venezuela Approves Trade Development Deal with Turkey
Ahval, July 6, 2020
Indonesia-Australia Free Trade Deal Takes Effect: Minister
XinhuaNet, July 6, 2020
U.K., Kenya to Negotiate Post-Brexit Trade Deal
Bloomberg, July 4, 2020
Fast-Tracking A Philippine–EU Free Trade Agreement – Analysis
Eurasia Review, July 3, 2020
Thailand Unlikely to Join Asia-Pacific Trade Pact this Year
The Jakarta Post, July 3, 2020
Brexit Talks End Early as EU, UK Say Major Hurdles Remain
American Journal of Transportation, July 2, 2020
Negotiations on the UK’s Future Trading Relationship with the US: Update:Written Statement
UK Parliament, June 30, 2020
How Africa’s Free Trade Agreement Would Reduce COVID-19’s Impact
Brink News, June 30, 2020
Japan and Britain Aim for Trade Deal by End-July, Tokyo Negotiator Says
WHTC, June 30, 2020
Federal
Treasury Says Small-Business Loans Supported Over 50 Million Jobs
The New York Times, July 6, 2020
U.S. Farmers Scramble for Help as COVID-19 Scuttles Immigrant Workforce
Reuters, July 2, 2020
New Ruling Quashes Hawley’s Hope for Senate WTO Withdrawal Vote
Politico, July 1, 2020
US Manufacturing Bounces Back in June on Reopenings
AP, July 1, 2020
McConnell Eyes Next Coronavirus Package After July Recess
Politico, June 30, 2020
California
I Faced a Challenge One Out of Every Three People in America Has: Depression and Anxiety by Lenny Mendonca
CalMatters, July 7, 2020
A Look at COVID-19’s Devastating Impact on California Agricultural Industry
KCRA, July 6, 2020
California Wineries Wary Of Pandemic’s Long-Term Impact
CapRadio, July 5, 2020
California Border Region Agrees to Backpedal on Reopening
AP, June 30, 2020
TMF at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to Increase 4.2% on August 1
American Journal of Transportation, June 30, 2020
Holiday Blues: 19 Counties Now on Watch List for More COVID-19 Restrictions
CalMatters, June 29, 2020
More International Articles
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China
U.S. Trade Groups Urge China to
Increase Purchases of U.S. Goods, Services
Reuters, July 6, 2020
China Considers Joining Trans-Pacific
Deal Rejected by Trump
The Strategist, July 6, 2020
Hong Kong: Chinese Ambassador
Warns UK Over ‘Interference’
BBC, July 6, 2020
On the CCP’s Orwellian Censorship of Hong Kong
U.S. Department of State, July 6, 2020
China Is Unlikely to Meet Purchase
Targets for U.S. Energy
The Wall Street Journal, July 5, 2020
White House Considers China Steps
as Trump OK Awaited on Bill
Bloomberg, July 2, 2020
China Reopens but Businesses
Struggle to Lure Back Consumers
AP, July 1, 2020
Hong Kong: UK Makes Citizenship Offer to Residents
BBC, July 1, 2020
Commerce Releases Xinjiang Supply
Chain Business Advisory
U.S. Department of Commerce, July 1, 2020
Food Exporters Resist China’s
New Coronavirus Restrictions
The Wall Street Journal, June 25, 2020
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OECD Employment Outlook 2020: Urgent Action Needed to Stop Jobs Crisis Becoming a Social Crisis
OECD, July 7, 2020
Unemployment Expected to Reach Highest Level Since Great Depression
The Wall Street Journal, July 7, 2020
EU Forecasts Deeper Economic Hit from Pandemic
AP, July 7, 2020
Mexico Auto Production, Exports Recover Sharply in June from May
Reuters, July 7, 2020
Eurozone Retail Sales Rebound Beats Expectations
MarketWatch, July 6, 2020
Iran, Russia to hold Joint Economic Committee meeting in Sept.
Tehran Times, July 5, 2020
Sino-American Dispute a Looming Threat for Argentina and Brazil
Buenos Aires Times, July 4, 2020
Embrace Free Trade to Defeat COVID-19
Ag Journal, July 4, 2020
Europe Avoids Jobless Surge as Furlough Schemes Cushion Economic Decline
The Wall Street Journal, July 2, 2020
Canada Trade Gap Narrows on ‘First Baby Step’ to Recovery
American Journal of Transportation, July 2, 2020
Thai Business Groups See Economy Shrinking 5%-8% This Year
Reuters, July 1, 2020
EU’s Hogan Sees ‘Turbulent’ Period Ahead on U.S.-EU Trade Front
Bloomberg, June 30, 2020
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